Splitting the roles of chairman and CEO at a public company is nearly always a good idea. It makes sense at Goldman Sachs, which is reportedly considering it, but if it were to happen, the decision would be a fraught one.

It’s official: Greenspan wasn’t talking about the housing bubble, or economic policy at all, in the now-famous quote from the March 2004 minutes where he talks about the risks “of inducing people to join in on the debate”. We’ve got it straight from the horse’s mouth: Vincent Reinhart is the man that Greenspan was talking to, and he explains exactly what the context was:

Is it just me, or are the defenders of Goldman Sachs becoming more vocal and more numerous these days? Andrew Ross Sorkin today seems to come down squarely on the side of Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman, defending Buffett from accusations that his stance on Goldman is self-serving (“his stake in Goldman is more a loan than an investment, so he’ll no doubt be paid no matter what happens with the Abacus suit”) and agreeing with Buffett that there seems to be something of a witch-hunt going on: